Hiring Advisors

While we agree with Suze Orman that nobody will care about your money quite as passionately as you, we also live in the real world, where people live busy lives and need help. Sometimes the advice to “go it alone” every time is laughable.

I could easily fix my own car when it breaks down. It would take me five times as long and cost me tons more money because of trial-and-error. Wouldn’t I rather just hire a mechanic?

So, if you’re at The Free Financial Advisor to find advice about how best hire an advisor, you’re in the right place. We’ve written many articles on sorting through the countless types of “professional” helpers so that you can garner clues, ask good questions, and hire the right person.

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Hiring a Financial Advisor: Clues From the Receptionist – Con’t just take the advisor’s word for it that “they’ll take care of you.” You can learn much from the moment you walk into an advisor’s office. Here are some first glance clues that might tip off whether an advisor is truly caring or not.

Prefer Audio Tips?

On our popular 2 Guys & Your Money podcast, we occasionally discuss financial advisors, but in one really early episode we tackled it head on. WFFA #2: Top 5 Reasons We Like the Roth IRA (the first topic of the hour-long podcast is about hiring an advisor).